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lA. TURNBULL. improvement in Housngs for CE No. H5,544,

ohes Linea i 2%. f Patented May 30,187?.

ANDREW TURNBULL, 0F NEWT BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

lNlPROVElVlENT INHOUSINGS FOR CLOTHES-LINES.

Specification forming part oiLetters PatentNo. 115,544, dated May 30,187i.

To all whom it may coa-cern.:

Be it known that I, ANDREW TURNBULL, of New Britain, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedHousing for Clothes-Lines; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeiug had to theaccompan ying drawing forming part of this specification, in whichdrawing- Figure l represents. a plan or top view of this invention. Fig.2 is a transverse section of the saine, the line so a, Fig. 3,indicating the plane of section. Fig. 3 is an end view of the Similarleitersindicate correspondin g parts.

This invention relates to that class of devices known as housings forclothes-lines 5 and it consists of a bracket which can be convenientlyattached to d post, and which forms the bearings for the axle of a reel,said bearings being open and provided with locking-pins in such a mannerthat when the reel is placed within the bearings of the bracket andthelocking-pin inserted the clothes-'line can be unwound and drawn aroundyVarious posts, and finally brought to the required tension by turningthe reel back vand securing it in the required position by theratchet-wheel pawl and by turning the reel the line can be wound up, andwhen the lockingpins are withdrawn the housing, together with the line,can be taken down, stored away with ease and facility, without beingliable to become soiled by dust or other impurities.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a reel,f which is inclosed in acylindrical case, B, mounted loosely on the gudgeon a a! of said reel,and provided with a slot or aperture, b, through which passes theclothes-line c, one end of this line being made fast to the reel, sothat by turning said reel the line will be wound up thereon inside ofthe case B. The gudgcons a a. of the reel extend through the heads ofthe case B and have their bearings in a bracket, G, which is secured toapost, D. The bearings in the brackets are open, as at'z' i, and theyare provided with locking-pins d,

which are passed through the holes K K, by which means the gudgeons a.a. of the reel are retained in place and are free to revolve, and whenthese pins are taken out the reel, to gether with the protecting case,can be removed while the bracket remains fast to the post. One of thegudgeons a. of the reel eX- tends through its bearing in the bracket,and on it is mounted a ratchet-wheel, e, and a winch, f. A stop-pawl, g,which is pivoted to the side of the bracket C, engages with theratchet-wheel e, and prevents the wheel from being turned back by thestrain of the line. The outer end oi' the line is provided with a loopIt, and, if it is desired to rig up the clothesline, the reel is mountedin its bearings, the locking-pins are inserted, and the line is can riedround the sei-'eral posts E F Gr and hack to the post D, and the loop71, is hitched onto a pin or hook, i, projecting from the bracket VO orfrom the post D. By turning the reel back iu the direction of the arrowmarked on it in Fig. 3 the line is strained, and after the propertension has been attained the reel is retained by the sioppawl g. Inturning the reel the case B remains stationary, being prevented fromturning round by the line passing out of the slot b.

When it is desired to take down the line the loop it is unhitched, andby turning the reel in the proper direction the line is taken in. Thelookin g-pins are then taken out, and the reel, together with the lineand the protecting-case B, can be readily taken down and put away, theline being fully protected against dust or other impurities by the caseB.

"What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of bracket C, formed with the open bearings @i i andholes K K to receive the -pins d d, with the case B mounted looselyupon. the gudgeons ci a of the reel A, as herein shown and described,for the purpose set forth.

ANDREW TURNBULL.

Witnesses HENRY NASH, L. P. Jointse

